It's Saturday Night.
It would seem not.
"Daschle had expressed reservations about a possible U.S. attack on Iraq, and he was not part of an agreement between the White House and other congressional leaders framing the resolution last week."
Senator Daschle was the Senate Majority Leader at this time, he basically agreed with Bush regarding Iraq with reservations regarding the invasion of Iraq. That reservation was best voiced by "Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, said the 133 votes against the measure were "a very strong message" to the administration.
"All across this land Americans are insisting on a peaceful resolution of matters in Iraq," he said.
"All across this land, Americans are looking towards the United States to be a nation among nations, working through the United Nations to help resolve this crisis."
How can George Walker Bush make the claim Democrats that voted for the War Powers Act of 2002 had the same intelligence he did when they weren't even included in the framing of the resolution. The Democrats had the same information as the UN by proxy of public proceedings but they were not included in high level information. They were lied to no differently than the American Public and the UN Security Council.
This was a very interesting observation by Senator Byrd.
Byrd had argued the resolution amounted to a "blank check" for the White House.
Sen. Bob Graham of Florida was one of 21 Senate Democrats voting against the resolution.
"This is the Tonkin Gulf resolution all over again," Byrd said. "Let us stop, look and listen. Let us not give this president or any president unchecked power. Remember the Constitution."
